Seventh Asian Regional Conference on the Evolution of the System of Radiological Protection

University of Tokyo at Hongo Campus, Tokyo Japan
8-9 January 2015

The Seventh Asian Regional Conference on the Evolution of the System of Radiological Protection took place 8-9 January 2015 at Sanjo Conference Hall at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo in Japan.

It was organised by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Radiation Protection and Public health (CRPPH) and co-organised by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) of Japan. There were about 130 participants.

The objectives of the conference were to:

share knowledge and experience of various stakeholders who have implemented protective actions following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in order to highlight current radiological protection issues;

analyse identified issues in order to review their possible impacts on the system;

discuss how and where the system of radiological protection could evolve to better address the issues that have been identified.

The presentations and discussions were available via webcast and have been uploaded with the permission of each author. Please note that authors of the presentation materials retain their rights and responsibilities concerning its contents. Some presentation materials have been modified upon the author's request.